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Albania, Shkodër County

Puka copper district, Munella

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: epidote.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Volcanogenic copper deposits in the Mirdita ophiolite, mined in the communist era

Documented in Albanian geological survey literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote terrain, open adits

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